StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Release Date Announced
The first expansion to StarCraft 2 finally got a date announced and with it come sweet things for the Diablo players who purchase it. Below it you can find the Diablo 3 bonus for buying the game - Bone Wings, which are exact copies of Kerrigan's wings. We actually dug those up a few weeks ago, but can finally see them in action. The ingame screenshot is by Xenocow.

Prepare for the approaching Swarm.... On March 12, 2013, StarCraft® II: Heart of the Swarm™ launches around the world, igniting an intergalactic storm of intense strategic combat and opening a savage new chapter in the war between terran, protoss, and zerg. You can pre-purchase the expansion NOW directly through Battle.net® and be ready to play the moment it goes live.

In addition to the Standard Edition and retail-exclusive Collector’s Edition packed with bonus items, you’ll also have the option to upgrade a Standard Edition to the Digital Deluxe Edition, which comes equipped with all the in-game content from the physical Collector’s Edition, including a Torrasque skin for your zerg Ultralisks in Heart of the Swarm multiplayer, unique Swarm-infested portraits for your StarCraft II character profile, a Baneling pet for your World of Warcraft® characters, and a set of zerg-ified blade wings for your heroes in Diablo® III.

Whether you plan to tear a path of destruction through the all-new Kerrigan-focused single-player campaign or jump right into the multiplayer action with the devastating new units under your command, it’s never too early to begin preparing for your Heart of the Swarm experience. Simply log in to your Battle.net® account and pre-purchase Heart of the Swarm, and you’ll be flagged to automatically download the expansion content prior to launch.

Seven is the number of the powers of Hell, and Seven is the number of the Great Evils.

The realms of the Burning Hells are divided among seven Great Evils: the three Prime Evils (Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal), and the four Lesser Evils (Andariel, Duriel, Belial, and Azmodan). Together, they represent corruption in its purest form, serving as avatars for terror, anguish, pain, and even sin itself. They are cunning, deceptive, and above all...powerful.

But of the seven demon lords who preside (or have once presided) over the forces of the Burning Hells, which is your favorite? In your mind, who do you believe is the greatest of the Great Evils?

Fowl Lair (Wheel of Misfortune)
Some players have been having a very hard time getting the Wheel of Misfortune achievement. Grimiku dropped by to insure them that nothing about the Wheel has changed during patches.

I think I'm close to 250 run, maybe 50 ancient device found and I never got the Fowl Lair.This seems to be the rarest of them all!
Just so you know, we did not change the chances for the Fowl Lair to appear in the Wheel of Misfortune. I have never found it either, but have only spent a fraction of the time searching for it that you have.

I have had the fowl lair at least 3 times but have had a hard time getting all the others...!!!

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May the heroes rise from the pit of despair and the bards sing of the day of death renewed to everlastingimmortality....awaiting your return to the lands of Sanctuary may peace be with you on this day...your day of birth.

There seem to be a lot of problems with the ingame mail delivery of the Blade Wings to Diablo 3 owners who have purchased the SC2 HotS DDE yesterday. Some people recieve the wings only for their softcore chars but not for hardcore, others don't receive anything at all. Only the associated "feats of strength" achievements seem to work, and the delivery of the WoW pet (Baneling) if you own/play WoW.

Okay, thanks for the quick reply. Is it going to be a limited time offer?

Well, the Mists of Pandaria Digital Deluxe still seems to be up, so it would make sense for this one to be up "forever" as well. Collectors Editions are of course available until they go out of stock. So you can get it whenever you feel like it.

Same old kind of CE rewards I see. Not that I'd buy it in any case so whatever. It's just that they said since HotS is an expansion and will be priced as such.

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Q: Will Heart of the Swarm require ownership of Wings of Liberty?
A: For the regions that have a standard box business model such as North America and Europe, yes, Wings of Liberty will be required in order to play Heart of the Swarm. For other regions that have alternative access models, we’ll provide details at a later date.

Q: How much will Heart of the Swarm cost?
A: We typically don’t provide details about pricing until the game is closer to release. We do view Heart of the Swarm as an expansion set, so for the regions that have a standard box business model such as North America and Europe, we will price accordingly. For other regions that have alternative business models, we’ll provide details at a later date.

Direct quotes from the official FAQ. To be fair, the FAQ isn't updated because it also says that the release date isn't set, but the point is they view the game (product?) as an expansion set, yet it's priced at the level of a standalone game. Which requires WoL. For some. That's just weird...

I dunno. There was a time when I wouldn't care much. But now that I'm older the appeal of a product, no matter its production value, just evaporates when the company that makes it keeps saying things but acts differently.

Same old kind of CE rewards I see. Not that I'd buy it in any case so whatever. It's just that they said since HotS is an expansion and will be priced as such.

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Q: Will Heart of the Swarm require ownership of Wings of Liberty?
A: For the regions that have a standard box business model such as North America and Europe, yes, Wings of Liberty will be required in order to play Heart of the Swarm. For other regions that have alternative access models, we’ll provide details at a later date.

Q: How much will Heart of the Swarm cost?
A: We typically don’t provide details about pricing until the game is closer to release. We do view Heart of the Swarm as an expansion set, so for the regions that have a standard box business model such as North America and Europe, we will price accordingly. For other regions that have alternative business models, we’ll provide details at a later date.

Direct quotes from the official FAQ. To be fair, the FAQ isn't updated because it also says that the release date isn't set, but the point is they view the game (product?) as an expansion set, yet it's priced at the level of a standalone game. Which requires WoL. For some. That's just weird...

I dunno. There was a time when I wouldn't care much. But now that I'm older the appeal of a product, no matter its production value, just evaporates when the company that makes it keeps saying things but acts differently.

But it's not priced like a standalone game? The expansion is 40€ when the full game was 60€.

Nvm, it's digital distribution being stupid. I paid 49€ for a physical copy on release and it turns out HotS will be about 34€. Still, they talked about maybe having coop campign and it was the #1 thing I was looking forward to. I'll pass.